Embroidery has such a way of inspiring, with the beautiful artwork one can create and the beautiful threads and supplies one can collect. Today, we've got a bevy of products to show you, that all focus on this beautiful and timeless craft…..products that will let you create some beautiful artwork of your own, or even some custom storage for your embroidery floss collection, or that of a friend! Christmas is right around the corner, after all….

Create your own vintage thread cards with this beautiful set of images when combined with the Thread Cards die collection. You will love making these as special embellishments for your projects or even focal points. Use them to establish an elegant storage system for your very own embroidery floss collection.

A coordinating Thread Cards die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $7. This collection includes a total of 3 dies. 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" (A), 1-1/8" x 1-3/4" (B), 1-1/4" x 1-1/2" (C)

This is the twenty-second in a monthly series that includes mega-sized versions of some of our favorite sentiments that were included in previously released sets. This twenty-second edition stems from the popular Little Labels set. The extra-large format will provide you with all new capabilities and design options. And for only $5, how can you go wrong?

The Details:

Think Big Favorites #22 will be available for purchase on November 15th.

Melissa Bickford has been busy and has another amazing set to bring you this month! This button set is perfect for creating beautiful button accents in a variety of different patterns. You could use this set together with Button Boutique and the Button Card die collection or entirely on it’s on to create custom cards, scrapbook pages, tags and whatever else you can dream up.

The Details:

Button Up will be available for purchase on November 15th.

It will retail for $15.

Button Up contains a total of 12 images. All of the buttons measure 1” in diameter.

The button images in this set coordinate with the largest button on the Buttoned Up #1 die. Many of the patterned buttoned can also be used with the medium button on the die as well.

Now it is easy for you to add stitching to your projects without using a sewing machine. With two different "thread" thicknesses, you can make the stitching bold or subtle depending on your desired look. The extra long space allowed at the end of the bases of these stamps makes them easy to line up end-to-end so you can create strips of stitching in any length you choose.

The Details:

Sew Simple Borders will be available for purchase on November 15th.

It will retail for $5.

Sew Simple Borders contains a total of 8 images. All of the stitching borders measure about 3" long and between 1/8" and 1/16" wide.

Now that I've made all of the formal introductions, let's get onto the projects!

For my first project today I decided to pair up the new patterned Button Up stamps with our Notched Flower dies.

I die-cut the flowers from Ocean Tides, Canyon Clay & Terracotta Tile cardstocks. I stamped each of them with the largest image from Mehndi Medallion using VersaMark ink. I die-cut buttons with the Buttoned Up #1 die using white cardstock. I stamped each of them with buttons from Buttoned Up. Notice how even though all of the new button images are designed to coordinate with the largest button shape on the die, they can also be adaptable for the medium button as well. I stitched each of the buttons with black twine to give them texture and a more realistic look.

The sentiment, from Friends 'Til the End, is stamped onto the True Black background and heat embossed with White Filigree Embossing Powder.

The leaves for the focal point were die-cut with the Turning a New Leaf dies from Simply Chartreuse cardstock and stamped with the coordinating images in Ripe Avocado.

My next project has a softer, vintage vibe and I couldn't help mixing The Sweet Life with the new Thread Cards.

I began with a block of Linen Vellum Cardstock as my backdrop because it kind of looks like Aida cloth used for embroidery. I stamped the "Superior Quality" heading from Button Boutique at the top using Charcoal Palette ink. I then followed up with a bit of Sew Simple Borders stitching on either side of that.

The Sweet Life roses began with a layer of Sweet Blush, followed by Autumn Rose stamped off once and finished with Autumn Rose at full intensity. The leaves were completed with two layers of Spring Moss.

The thread card began with Sweet Blush cardstock adhered to one of our coasters. I die-cut the Thread Card shape from this and stamped it with a coordinating image from Hanging By a Thread. If you look really closely at all of the thread card images, you may catch small references to some of my favorite books & movies! After stamping, I wrapped the thread card with some floss in a coordinating color.

I die-cut more buttons using Vintage Cream cardstock and the Buttoned Up #1 die. I stamped them with images from Button Up, with the smallest one added from Button Boutique.

Now for something super simple to recreate and mass-produce.

I stamped three of the button images from Button Up using Winter Wisteria, Hawaiian Shores & Limeade Ice inks. I followed up with one of the borders from Sew Simple Borders, angling them to form a fun pattern. I added small stitches to the center of each button with a bit of floss.

The sentiment, from Think Big Favorites #22, was added at the bottom using Charcoal Palette ink.

As a finishing touch, I die-cut the bottom edge with the Pinking Shears die to reinforce the sewing theme. All of this was adhered to a Winter Wisteria card base.

I've always loved the combination of red & cream and I opted to use that as the basis for my next project.

I started with the thread cards. I die-cut them from Vintage Cream cardstock and stamped them with their coordinating images using Pure Poppy ink. I swiped a bit of the Tea Dye Duo around the edges and added a pearl stick pin to finish them up.

I used the ruler image from Teach & Inspire to create a measuring tape. I made the pieces a bit wavy with my fingers to create dimension and adhered them in place.

The sentiment, from a new set that will be highlighted a bit later on this week, was added underneath the thread card cluster with Vintage Cream ink.

Finally, I filled in around the thread cards & sentiment with Stitches & Swirls using Vintage Cream ink as well. The Pure Poppy card front was adhered to a Classic Kraft card base.

I have one more quick little card for you today using the new Cover Plate: Circles die. I started by die-cutting the plate from white cardstock.

I popped out all of the circles and stamped them with various button images from the new Button Ups set using Spring Rain, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise & Orange Zest inks. I randomly adhered them in place, leaving a blank spot here and there for the background white card base to show through.

I added a strip of vellum with a beautiful sentiment from Think Big Favorites #22 added and heat embossed with White Filigree Embossing Powder.

I hope you have enjoyed all the creations that I have shared with you today! Are you in the mood to start a new embroidery project or perhaps just dig through Grandma's button basket? What about your embroidery floss….could you use some beautiful, custom cards to put your floss on? Or are you thinking of the gifts you can create with these new items? We would love to hear your initial thoughts on everything we introduced! Please leave a comment on this post to tell us what you think of the new products and you will be eligible to win big!

$75 Papertrey Ink Gift Certificate

to spend however you choose!

You have until 7am EST, November 13 to leave your comment and be eligible to win. Only one comment per person please. One randomly selected winner will be announced on our November Release Winners Page before noon EST the same day. Thank you for stopping by today and best of luck with the contest!

Can’t wait to get my hands on all these goodies! Just love the roses from Sweet Life and your combination of the sets is out of this world. Love the red and cream card too. All boxes are ticked, roll on the 16th, no that’s not an error but with time difference here, that’s my shopping day!

Oh so beautiful’ are the cards today! I really love the button stamps. I am always so torn putting buttons on my cards because of the bulk and I send many through the mail. This set solves my problem! Thank you!!!!

LOVE those thread cards! I do quite a bit of sewing on my cards, so I always have stray bits of floss that I’ve separated and lay unused in a tangled mess in my floss box. This would at least organize them and make them look pretty to boot! Beautiful samples!

Wonderful cards! I love how you paired the Sweet Life with the new set. I can see using the floss cards to get all my floss out where I can see and use it…presently it all resides in little plastic bags on big rings in the bottom drawer of my cutting station.

Love the thread card references ( series 3 is finished in the uk and we have to wait for the Xmas special for our next downton abbey fix!) I had to google leonowens and then immediately connected her to the king and I – love that film too. So for someone who doesn’t sew you’ve got me interested in a thread card! The stamped sewing is a good solution for someone like me.

OH WOW! This is by far my favourite release. Those colours just pop on the first card! Simply stunning! My fav’s have to be those thread cards. Very inventive & creative. Amazing is all I can say, oh, and I’d love to have them in my hot little hands! xx

OH WOW! This is by far my favourite release. Those colours just pop on the first card! Simply stunning! My fav’s have to be those thread cards. Very inventive & creative. Amazing is all I can say, oh, and I’d love to have them in my hot little hands! xx

I did cross-stitch for years and years, and have always collected buttons, so these sets are a welcome addition to your beautiful stamps sets! Love the card where you mixed the stepped roses with the buttons and thread!

Love the buttons and that thread card!! I have so much of my grandmother’s embroidery floss that I would love to wrap around those thread cards as cute storage to display or to add as an embellishment to a card!

More wonderful cards and inspiration! I love the buttons, the sewing borders and Erin’s use of the Movers & Shakers to make the inside of her New Year’s card look like it exploded. Nichole and the DT are the best!!!

Oh WOW!!! What beautiful stamps and creations Nicole! LOVE how they marry so well with other previuos stamps sets….a great bonuse!!! Sewing and needlepoint are other crafts I enjoy…I am very excited about this release 🙂

I love the stitched borders. They will add a fun detail to cards and scrapbook pages. I also really love the floss cards. I can see using them to make a gift for my sister, the avid cross stitcher. Thanks for the great ideas!

I’m super excited about this new Hanging By a Thread stamp and die set. This month’s release is just in time for all those craft items we make for Xmas gifts! The design team always gets my creative juices flowing as I see all the ideas that you have. Thanks for sharing.

Oh, Nichole, you naughty girl – you have done it again! That roses card and all the trimmings really does look like it is hand-stitched. I did not know how you’d top yesterday’s post, but you have done it again. As an avid cross stitcher, I can see lots of possibilities with this month’s release.

I have always loved buttons and embroidery. I began my crafting with sewing and counted cross stitch and love recreating it without all the time and supplies! I suspect these sets will make it into my stash!

I learned to cross-stitch as a girl, so these cards bring back a flood of nostalgic memories for me. On top of this set just looking lovely, I’m sure there are a lot of needle-workers out there who are super-excited at the prospect of making their very own cataloging system.
I also love the look of the new buttons with the notched flower die. They go hand in glove. Back to the craft room…can’t wait to see more tomorrow!

The cards are “sew” cute (Ok, I couldn’t resist!)! I do love them, though. They bring back memories from my cross stitching days back in high school and college. I didn’t realize how long it had been until I really thought about it! It was cross stitch that started my crafting obsession!

I love putting my thread on thread cards, but have never thought of using them as focal points on cards before! Fun idea! Also, Think Big Favorites has to be one of my favorite series yet! Love them all!

You have more beautiful projects for today. The thread card dies are wonderful. They will really help some people to organize their floss collection.THANKS for sharing and for the chance to win!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

Oh my goodness, I am thrilled to see these cross-stitching and embroidery products! I have enjoyed cross-stitching all my life, and I can envision lots of fun projects with these supplies. More beautiful inspiration from you all today, too. Love it!

Amazing samples today and they really touched my heart, as I’ve just fallen back in love with sewing since having to replace my 31-yr.-old Singer. Such sweet ideas for adding buttons and stitching to our paper crafting projects!!!

I am loving the needlework theme this month and cannot wait to get my hands on those little thread cards. I’m hoping there’s something for those of us that crochet, too, but if not, the cross-stitcher in me will be quite happy. Thanks.

I’ve been a sewer since I was a child … and not always as a fan of the craft, but I have learned it is one of themost useful skills I have. These sets are so wonderful, your execution of an idea is outstanding and I look forward to adding to my stamp collection.

Such lovely patterns and embroidery motifs! My favorite is the notched flowers card today. So nice with the button centers. I can see this with felt flowers, too! Thanks for another inspiring release day.

Love the pinterest photo with the floss. Such a cute idea. I used to love cross stitch but these days I have to pull it so close to my face to see the cloth and read the chart that it gives me a headache. Oh, well! Just more time to stamp! 🙂

Nichole, I am so in love with your post today! I cannot stop looking at you card using The Sweet Life and the thread cards! It is so stunningly beautiful! Am thrilled to see the new Buttoned Up set in action too, as I bought these dies awhile back but haven’t used them much. This set is a definite must-have!

The floss cards are so adorable! Since I have almost all the colors of floss, it would be too daunting to customize all of them, but these will make cute greeting cards and gift tags. This month’s Think Big Favorites is also a must have. Thanks for the chance to win a gift certificate!

I always thought you were a kindered spirit but when I noticed the name of one of the embroydery card stamps that confirmed it! Anne of Green Gables is still one of my favorite stories! thanks for designing something tht brought back some wonderful memories!

I am love, love, LOVING the button stamps! These will totally go with all of my projects… and the sew simple borders? Great way to do some faux stitching really quickly! You girls knock it out of the park every. single. time!

I am soooo excited about the stitched borders. What a great release to ring that homey, cozy feeling that comes around this time of year. I can’t wait to use the new Button Up set with the original Button Up dies.

The circle cover plate is fabulous; it provides such great texture! And the notions-themed goodies are right up my alley. I could see myself using the cards to wrap some fun fibers to give as part of a card making gift.

beautiful! i think of my great grandmother seeing these creations. her pegboard wall of spools of thread and hanging pockets of thread and button cards mesmerized me as a little girl. she would have LOVED this set!

Once again today, my favorite card is the one with the bright pop of flowers against the dark background! I really have to sit down and make some cards that way soon. Thank you for all of the wonderful ideas every day!

Such beautiful vintage feeling cards! I particularly like the rose thread card one…really picks up the vintage spirit. I can think of a number of crafty and vintage-loving friends who would adore projects made with these sets 🙂

All of the stitching products are sending me over the edge! Love them all! The floss card dies are awesome and I can see myself making all new floss cards for my cross stitching projects. The Craft Worthy card is my favorite. The linen card stock does make it look like aida cloth and the stamped images look to be stitched. The floss card with a bit of embroidery floss wound onto it is a sweet embellishment. The buttons are a nice added touch to bring all the stitching elements together. Love it all!

Back before I took up card making as my primary hobby, I was an avid cross stitcher. I had a nice floss collection which I eventually passed on to my step-daughter as I began to spend less and less time with it. Brings back great memories!

LOVE the little ice cream cozy from Jessica. And as a former avid cross-stitcher, I have tons of floss that I need to do something with. The little floss cards are perfect! And the buttons… flat buttons… such a great way to add pizzazz to your card without the bulk. Love your literary references too!

Oh be still my heart! Sewing is my first true love of creating. I have been doing it since I was eight! Paper crafting comes in a close second though so I love the new sewing inspired products. Keep up the good work!

HOly MOly! Those buttons are so stinkin’ cute! Especially in the new coverplate. I really love the idea for homemade floss cards. So Fun! And the vintage feel of hand stitched projects reminds me so much of my grandma. 🙂 It is all Fabulous!

WOW ~ these are making us all “sew” happy and in the mood to create. These are totally awesome. Especially love the buttons, TBF (feel better soon ~ so needed) and the stitching lines. You gals rock with your creativity!

This is one of the few releases I am so excited about, I may order on release night! I have a blast with the button cards and this goes with it so nicely! Probably my most used set other than mega mixed messages! I love sewing themes so yeah!

I collect vintage sewing supplies, and I absolutely adore everything previewed today!!! If I had to pick a favorite, I’d have to say the thread cards – both stamps and dies. I can’t wait to see the full reveal! Thanks for all the wonderful designs and samples.

Oh, I absolutely love the card that you made with the thread card and the Sweet Life roses. Every little element comes together perfectly on that card. Thanks for the inspiration. I can’t wait for release day!
xoxo, Christine

I love all the stitching elements! Once upon a time I would do quite a bit of hand stitching and cross stitch for special projects. I’ve always loved the look and these stamps would really make it so easy and may even inspire me to do some again!

Being a fabric-addict in additiion to a paper-lover, those fabricy stamps and dies are right up my line. The only prolem will be to decide, which ones to order! The circle background looks great, so do the threadcards and buttonstamps.

So glad to be back from Hurricane Sandy (I was without power until yesterday and I still have no phone or internet.) It was the first PTI release I was missing since your very first release. I came back to a great preview. I love the thread cards. A fabulous companion to my Button Card set and dies.

I am loving all the stitching goodness! The floss cards will be perfect for me to use in storing my DMC floss – I love the vintage look of them! I love the patterned paper colors this month too – I’ve been waiting and waiting for sweet blush! Now is we can just get the ink in… 🙂

Swoon – Love the Hanging by a Thread set and thread cards. Such a perfect accompaniment to Melissa’s Button Up set. Both of these will go perfect with existing PTI sets too. Keep the Think Big Sentiments coming. Love them!

Really beautiful projects by you and the entire DT today, Nicole! The thread cards are super adorable and I love how all these sewing theme stamps, dies and sentiments fit onto card ideas so well! Thank you for another fun release 🙂

There’s so much to love today…the thread cards are fabulous…the Aida impression plate is a must have…I was a cross stitcher before I became a card maker, so I especially love the stitching theme this month.

I love the new thread cards. My Nanny embroidered all the time. I have her tin and her flosses. I don’t have the time or the patience to do it now @ 49, but I would enjoy stamping it. LOL What a fun addition for sewing themed cards and projects.